Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Maysville (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Maysville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Maysville is located in Mercer County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mercer County: Mahoning (OH), Trumbull (OH), Butler, Crawford, Lawrence & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Maysville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Maysville:
- Mercer County (The home county of Maysville)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Shenango
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Osgood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Leechs Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Kashner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Kennard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
- Kremis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Kremis is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kremis
- Sharpsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hadley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fredonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Butler County
- Harrisville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crawford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Pymatuning South
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning South is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning South
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Turnersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Turnersville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnersville
- Adamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Atlantic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Atlantic is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlantic
- Hartstown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hartstown is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartstown
- Westford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Westford is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westford
- Pymatuning Central
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pymatuning Central is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pymatuning Central
- Espyville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Conneaut Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lynces Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Lynces Junction is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynces Junction
- Geneva
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Erie County
- Pennside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Pennside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennside
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- New Wilmington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pulaski
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pulaski is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- New Bedford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- New Bedford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bedford
- Nashua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Nashua is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nashua
- Volant
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Robinson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Edinburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hillsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Hillsville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsville
- Oakwood
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Oakwood is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- West New Castle
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- West New Castle is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West New Castle
- McCaslin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McCaslin is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaslin
- New Castle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Henderson Station
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Henderson Station is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson Station
- Utica
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Utica is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Polk
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Polk is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polk
- Population from the 2020 Census: 768 people
- Pearl
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pearl is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Barkeyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nicklin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Nicklin is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicklin
- Sugarcreek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Sugarcreek is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarcreek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,868 people
- Wilson Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Wilson Mills is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson Mills
- Bullion
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Bullion is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
- Cooperstown
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cooperstown is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooperstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
- Nectarine
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Nectarine is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nectarine
- York County
- Adamsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Adamsville is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
- Ashtabula County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Simons
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Simons is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simons
- Stanhope
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stanhope is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
- West Williamsfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Williamsfield is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Williamsfield
- Wick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Wick is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wick
- Andover
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- West Andover is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Andover
- Colebrook
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Colebrook is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colebrook
- Richmond Center
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Richmond Center is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Center
- Dodgeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dodgeville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- New Lyme
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- New Lyme is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Lyme
- Dorset
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Orwell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Orwell is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orwell <1>
- Franklin County (OH)
- Hilltop
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltop is located in Franklin County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
- Mahoning County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Campbell
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hazelton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Hazelton is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton
- Youngstown
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Ridge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins Corners is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins Corners
- Lowellville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Struthers
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Austintown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Poland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cornersburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cornersburg is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornersburg
- West Austintown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Austintown is located in Mahoning County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Austintown
- Boardman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Trumbull County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Superior ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Burghill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Five Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Points is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Kinsman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hartford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Barclay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Weldon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Weldon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weldon
- Yankee Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Yankee Lake is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 74 people
- Gustavus
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gustavus is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gustavus
- Brookfield Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brookfield Center is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield Center
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Maysville, see our County-by-County Page for Maysville.
Cemeteries Near Maysville ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Maysville.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Maysville - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Maysville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Fell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Good Hope Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Rocky Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Giddings Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Reichard Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Park Lawn Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brockway Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- West View Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hayes Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hayes Cemetery is located
- The Hayes Cemetery has also been known as:
- Burghill Cemetery
- Burghill - Hayes Cemetery
- Continue List (335 more) ...
- Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Stevenson Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Glen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Glen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rocky Glen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Adamsville.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45905 <2>
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Maysville in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Maysville.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Maysville, with the one closest to Maysville listed first.
- Shenango
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shenango is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenango
- Greenville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Transfer
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Osgood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Osgood is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
- Jamestown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Superior ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Superior is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
- Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Vernon is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- Burghill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orangeville is located in Trumbull County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Leechs Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Leechs Corners is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leechs Corners
- Salem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Salem is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Turner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Turner is located in Crawford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- New Hamburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hamburg is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hamburg
- Kashner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Kashner is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kashner
- Kennard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kennard is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennard
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Maysville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Maysville.
Newspapers Published in Maysville ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 98 newspapers that have been published in the area around Maysville.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Maysville, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Maysville.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Maysville:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Mercer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Butler County
- Crawford County
- Erie County
- Lawrence County
- Venango County
- York County
- Ashtabula County
- Franklin County
- Mahoning County
- Trumbull County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Maysville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Maysville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |